April 24, 2026 4:00 am
The Lord Jesus knows our works, charity, and service, and understands our tribulation and poverty, because He has been through it all Himself, and we can come boldly unto the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. He knows. I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works, and the last to be more than the first. Revelation 2.19 Seven times in the letters to his seven representative churches in Revelation 2 and 3, the Lord Jesus says, I know thy works. Whatever we are doing or not doing, he knows.
Sometimes such knowledge can bring, or at least should bring, great consternation. He knows, for example, all our hypocrisies. I know that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. He also knows when our outward display of religious activity masks a real heart attitude of compromising self-interest. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot.
Yet he also knows when our service is genuine, and our testimony is God-glorifying and faithful. I know thy labor and thy patience. I know thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith. Of these seven testimonies of His knowledge, the central one is in our text. He knows when we really love Him, for the charity mentioned is nothing less than agape, or unselfish love.
He knows all about our sincere service and true faith in His Word as well as our patience of hope. Perhaps the most precious of his assurances, however, is that to the suffering church of Smyrna. I know thy tribulation and poverty. When He says that He knows, the sense is, that He understands, because He has been through it all Himself. Therefore we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted, like as we are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews four, fifteen and sixteen. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/slash donate.
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